2023 Pacific Energy Summit Photos
Day 1
Roy Kamphausen (President, The National Bureau of Asian Research) providing welcoming remarks.
Melody Meyer (Board Member, The National Bureau of Asian Research) introducing the speaker for the opening keynote address.
Masayuki Hamamatsu (Japan Bank for International Cooperation) providing an opening keynote address.
Melody Meyer (Board Member, The National Bureau of Asian Research) moderating a Q&A session with the opening keynote speaker Masayuki Hamamatsu (Japan Bank for International Cooperation).
Panel I on “APEC and the Energy Transition: Perspectives from Across the Indo-Pacific” moderated by Cynthia Watson (Board Member, The National Bureau of Asian Research), with speakers Se Hyun Ahn (University of Seoul), Satya Widya Yudha (National Energy Council of the Republic of Indonesia), and Ken Koyama (The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan).
Breakout Session I on “Established Partnerships: Japanese and Korean Perspectives” moderated by Clara Gillispie (The National Bureau of Asian Research), with speakers Se Hyun Ahn (University of Seoul) and Jin Yamaguchi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan; Japan External Trade Organization).
Breakout Session I on “Growing Partnerships: Southeast Asia in the Energy Transition” moderated by Gillian Zwicker (The National Bureau of Asian Research), with speakers Courtney Weatherby (Stimson Center), Linh Dan Nguyen (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), and Taylore Roth (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).
Kazutomo Irie (Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre) providing a lunchtime keynote address.
Panel II on “Capturing the New Energy Value Chain” moderated by Mikkal Herberg (The National Bureau of Asian Research; University of California, San Diego) with speakers Mel Clark (CleanTech Alliance), Brian Yates (Stantec), and Meredith Miller (DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group).
Breakout Session II on “Nuclear Power and the Energy Transition” moderated by Tom Lutken (The National Bureau of Asian Research) with speakers Jennifer Sklarew (George Mason University), Ali Zbib (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), and James Platte (School of Advanced Military Studies).
Breakout Session II on “Natural Gas and Hydrogen: The Bridge or Destination Fuels in a Net-Zero World?” moderated by Mikkal Herberg (The National Bureau of Asian Research; University of California, San Diego) with speakers Glen Sweetnam (Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre) and Richard Westerdale (The Energy Futures Initiative).
Scenes from the evening reception on Day 1.
Day 2
Ali Szalwinski (Vice President of Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research) provides welcoming remarks and recap of Day 1.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman (Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State) provides keynote remarks.
Ali Szalwinski (Vice President of Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research) moderating a Q&A session with the keynote speaker Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman (Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State).
Ali Szalwinski (Vice President of Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research), Linh Dan Nguyen (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman (Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State). Dr. Nguyen was a 2021-22 Fellow for NBR’s Clean EDGE Asia program, a three-year cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Energy Resources.
Panel III on “Energy Storage and New Paradigms of Security” moderated by Ambassador Michael Michalak (Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; US-ASEAN Business Council) with speakers Abigail Wulf (Securing America’s Future Energy) and Grant Ray (Group14 Technologies).
Breakout Session III on “Breaking the ‘Green Ceiling’: Overcoming Limitations to Reaching Net-Zero Goals through Renewable Energy” moderated by Tom Lutken (The National Bureau of Asian Research) with speakers Clara Gillispie (The National Bureau of Asian Research) and Jennifer Schuch-Page (Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate).
Breakout Session III on “Critical Minerals in the Energy Transition” moderated by Doug Strub (The National Bureau of Asian Research) with speakers Abigail Wulf (Securing America’s Future Energy), Sandy Casement (Freeport-McMoRan), and Satya Widya Yudha (National Energy Council of the Republic of Indonesia).
Fireside Chat between Roy Kamphausen (President, The National Bureau of Asian Research) and Ambassador Matt Murray (U.S. Senior Official for APEC, U.S. Department of State).
